Safe food: should we be afraid?
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چکیده
comment on Schmidt CW: Safe food: an all-consuming issue. Environ Health Perspect 107:A144-A149 (1999).
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Environmental Health Perspectives
دوره 107 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999